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Ask HN: I've reworked by app's home page. Have I made it too simple?

2 points by Rabidgremlin 16y ago

david_shaw 16y ago
Yes and no. The design is simple, elegant and, dare I say it, even beautiful. The problem is that you've made it so simple that I am not sure what exactly is going on. The URL is split-the-bill, so I assume that the tool is a simple (looks geared toward mobile devices--makes sense) tool to split bills at dinner. Creating a bill, awesome, easy, I'm with you! Total amount, got it, entered. Description? Uh, okay, I guess that's helpful, let's say "dinner party at Leo's." And then you lose me. A message? E-mail address? I just want to hit "go" and see "each person should be paying $x with a 20% tip for a total of $y" Why do you need my email address for that? I assume you have some sort of other reason for it, but without the text to clarify, it leaves me sort of in the dark.
- Rabidgremlin 16y ago
  Cool feedback. Did the you see the pop-up tooltips for each of the input fields? Are they too bland or is the text just not helpful enough?
charliepark 16y ago
Yeah, I'm not totally sure whether it's "split a bill at dinner", "split a utilities bill among roommates", something involving invoicing, or something else entirely. An example would help on that first page, and on the follow-up page. That's as far as I got.
- Rabidgremlin 16y ago
  I used to have the following text on the site, maybe I should add it back? Have you ever paid for dinner and then had a hard time figuring out who has paid you back? Perhaps you are continuously chasing up your flat mates for their share of power bill? Maybe you are trying to figure out who has and who hasn't paid for your team building event or if everyone has chipped in for Joe's stag party? Well split-the-bill is for you... 1.You just jump onto the site and create a "bill". 2. Each bill gets a unique link which you send to the guilty parties with a reminder to pay. 3. They pay up and then click on the link to record how much they have paid. Everyone gets to see who has paid and more importantly you get your money :)
  - Rabidgremlin 16y ago
    I have added "tell me more" and "show an example" links to the page.... Feedback?

2 points by Rabidgremlin 16y ago

Yes and no. The design is simple, elegant and, dare I say it, even beautiful. The problem is that you've made it so simple that I am not sure what exactly is going on. The URL is split-the-bill, so I assume that the tool is a simple (looks geared toward mobile devices--makes sense) tool to split bills at dinner. Creating a bill, awesome, easy, I'm with you! Total amount, got it, entered. Description? Uh, okay, I guess that's helpful, let's say "dinner party at Leo's." And then you lose me. A message? E-mail address? I just want to hit "go" and see "each person should be paying $x with a 20% tip for a total of $y" Why do you need my email address for that? I assume you have some sort of other reason for it, but without the text to clarify, it leaves me sort of in the dark.

Rabidgremlin 16y ago
Cool feedback. Did the you see the pop-up tooltips for each of the input fields? Are they too bland or is the text just not helpful enough?

charliepark 16y ago

Yeah, I'm not totally sure whether it's "split a bill at dinner", "split a utilities bill among roommates", something involving invoicing, or something else entirely. An example would help on that first page, and on the follow-up page. That's as far as I got.

Rabidgremlin 16y ago
I used to have the following text on the site, maybe I should add it back? Have you ever paid for dinner and then had a hard time figuring out who has paid you back? Perhaps you are continuously chasing up your flat mates for their share of power bill? Maybe you are trying to figure out who has and who hasn't paid for your team building event or if everyone has chipped in for Joe's stag party? Well split-the-bill is for you... 1.You just jump onto the site and create a "bill". 2. Each bill gets a unique link which you send to the guilty parties with a reminder to pay. 3. They pay up and then click on the link to record how much they have paid. Everyone gets to see who has paid and more importantly you get your money :)
- Rabidgremlin 16y ago
  I have added "tell me more" and "show an example" links to the page.... Feedback?